A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.

I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

On the loftiest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own rump.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Every country has the government it deserves.

I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal.

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.